HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Chage And Aska
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Mental illness is one of the major health issues facing every community. Leading cause of disability in north american and europe. Costs the us more than half a trillion dollars per year in treatment and other expenses. Approximately 20% of american adults (45 million people) have diagnosable mental disorders during a given year. 5% of adults in the us have serious mental illness, that is, illness that interferes with some aspect of social functioning. These individuals have conditions for which they require more frequent medical treatment and more significant community support: there are the most severely disturbed individuals who require repeated hospitalization. Tragic shootings at virginia tech and northern illinois universities brought the issue of mental disorder in college students to national attention: almost half of college students show a 12 month prevalence of some form of mental disorder. Most often alcohol use disorder, at 20%
